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Preservative in a salve
Posted by Bios on October 8, 2018 at 3:00 pmCan someone take a look at this list of ingredients and recommend an all natural preservative to use in the formula?
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buttercocoa butter beeswax coconut
oilhemp oil lemon EO orange EO lemongrass EO lavender EO vitamin E arrowroot hemp Isolate Hemp Extract 10% MarkBroussard replied 6 years, 2 months ago 7 Members · 15 Replies -
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Glyceryl Caprylate (and) Glyceryl Undecylenate (Lexgard Natural - Inolex)
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Do you have any water in your formula? If not will it be in any contact with water?
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I make some similar products, and haven’t been putting any preservatives in it, with no problems. Maybe that’s wrong, but my products should not have any contact with water.
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can you make sure that the Hemp Extract is oil base not water base?
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ngarayeva001 said:Do you have any water in your formula? If not will it be in any contact with water?
No water in the formula or are we planning on adding water.
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weikelahmeyer said:can you make sure that the Hemp Extract is oil base not water base?
Yes. The hemp extract is oil based.
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I have read that the citrus essential oils would work as a preservative. Is there any truth to this claim?
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Linatural CO-NLP-1
Certified organic orange / lemon grass / sunflower oils / natural alcohol
I’ve used this in conjunction with Lexgard Natural in a clay-based product and it passed PCT.
Since you have an anhydrous formula, you should not have any issues.
Agree with Perry … an EO-based preservative would most likely not be effective in most formulas if used solo.
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Mark, isn’t d-Limonene the factor in that NLP-1 concoction?
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I suspect so … that and the alcohol. I’ve never looked at a compositional analysis of it, but you are probably correct.
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Any opinions on Japanese Honeysuckle Extract as a possible preservative?
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I’ve use it with both success and failure … so you will be best off coupling it with hurdle technology and possibly a complimentary preservative
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@Bios - it works great when it is spiked with parabens and formaldehyde donors. https://personalcaretruth.com/2010/07/honeysuckle-plant-extract/
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The “active” in the Honeysuckle is actually a paraben precursor. Though not technically a paraben, the molecular structure is very close to parabens.
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